Buying plants online?
 

While my local aquarium places have plants, usually it's a small
selection, and I can't say I think the plants look like they're very
well cared for. I've found a couple of online sources, such as
aquaticplantdepot.com. Anyone here have experience with such dealers?
Are you more likely to get a healthy specimen than you might be just by
chance to find at your local store?

Buying plants online?
 

"Adam Gottschalk" wrote in message
...

While my local aquarium places have plants, usually it's a small
selection, and I can't say I think the plants look like they're very
well cared for. I've found a couple of online sources, such as
aquaticplantdepot.com. Anyone here have experience with such dealers?
Are you more likely to get a healthy specimen than you might be just by
chance to find at your local store?



All of my plants came from online vendors- most from Aquabid.com.
Much larger selection than I could possibly find locally.
Treat for snails!


--
Toni
http://www.cearbhaill.com/discus.htm

Buying plants online?
 

"Adam Gottschalk" wrote in message
...

While my local aquarium places have plants, usually it's a small
selection, and I can't say I think the plants look like they're very
well cared for. I've found a couple of online sources, such as
aquaticplantdepot.com. Anyone here have experience with such dealers?
Are you more likely to get a healthy specimen than you might be just by
chance to find at your local store?

I've never had a problem with online purchases of plants. Even if they
take 2 days to arrive they survive and give me much more variety than I can
find locally.

Graham.

Buying plants online?
 

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:54:51 +1000, "Graham Broadbridge"
wrote:

"Adam Gottschalk" wrote in message
...

While my local aquarium places have plants, usually it's a small
selection, and I can't say I think the plants look like they're very
well cared for. I've found a couple of online sources, such as
aquaticplantdepot.com. Anyone here have experience with such dealers?
Are you more likely to get a healthy specimen than you might be just by
chance to find at your local store?

I've never had a problem with online purchases of plants. Even if they
take 2 days to arrive they survive and give me much more variety than I can
find locally.

Graham.


I have used only online stores to stock my 5 tanks. Very good luck
once I understood that with my light hoods I needed to get only "low
light" (less than 2 watts per gallon) plants. I don't know much about
plants so I bought packaged assortments. Not all worked out as well,
but most survived well and some really flourished. I don't add any
fertilizer, I just let those that like my tank's condition do their
thing.

I last bought plants the end of last summer. The plants that survived
look great. I think I have about 7 species.

I remember buying from LFS when I lived in a big city. I didn't know
anything then about plants and would pick that which caught my eye.
Buying assortments that are selected by light conditions brings
surprises, that is part of the fun.